OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660068
A. BERUVE PAINTING & SONS INC.
BEVERLY, MA·
Event description
Painters seriously injured in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, painters, were on a pump jack scaffold that was 30 ft tall and had a 19 ft span between the poles. One of the scaffold poles snapped, causi ng the employees to fall to the ground. Both sustained serious injuries and were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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